FUNDAMENTALS OF STEM CELL AND REGENERATIVE BIOLOGY

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: BIOCORE 383 , BIOCHEM 501 , BIOCHEM 507 , GENETICS 466 , GENETICS 467 , ZOOLOGY 570 , or graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness + Lab Breadth - Biological Science Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify the characteristics of embryonic stem cells, induced pluripotent stem cells, and adult stem cells from cardiac, blood, neural, endodermal, and vascular tissues Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Identify experimental technologies used to investigate stem cells Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Present scientific articles assigned by the instructor Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Moderate a scientific discussion among their peers Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Critique and discuss scientific articles Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Formulate hypotheses and propose experiments as future directions that could follow from the discussed articles Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify the characteristics of embryonic stem cells, induced pluripotent stem cells, and adult stem cells from cardiac, blood, neural, endodermal, and vascular tissues Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Identify experimental technologies used to investigate stem cells Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Present scientific articles assigned by the instructor Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Moderate a scientific discussion among their peers Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Critique and discuss scientific articles Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Formulate hypotheses and propose experiments as future directions that could follow from the discussed articles Audience: Graduate